RED-BREASTED SANDPIPER (PLATE CCCXV)

Red Knot, "Calidris canutus" JWTM 38 very good impression, a few rust flecks in the upper margin, two slight vertical tears in the upper edge, slight soiling 12 3/8 by 19 1/2 in.; 313 by 495 mm. Based on a composition painted c. 1821 in Louisiana.